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All facilities are going to have to make changes, especially if there is legislation that forces business to purchase something, or forces them to do something without being paid (such as mandatory...

Why would big businesses want an "excuse to cut back", TheCommuter?

Isn't that the hospital where multiple infants died of suspicious digoxin overdoses?

It's different in LTC because the primary nurse generally "knows" the residents pretty well health wise. You know who your brittle diabetics are, or the ones who always run high/always run low. You...

What is your Associates Degree in? And why are you getting that if you want to go into nursing? I may have missed something. I'm not an RN yet, but I'm an LPN in a bridge program and I can tell...

I would also recommend, as many others already have, getting A's in your remaining pre-reqs. Re-taking A&P isn't a bad idea either, because you really have to know that stuff! It will come in handy...

I have to disagree with the above posters. Nursing schools look at your science classes, and other classes like algebra that they require as pre-reqs. The schools I applied to couldn't care less...

It's also a myth that new grads have student loan debt :D

From what I see, working as an MA has quite a few limitations. The jobs are usually 9-5 office types, with pay being much below what an LPN would make in LTC. If you were going to nursing school I...

Estrella Mountain Community College in Avondale has an LPN program. They used to run three cohorts a year, but I think they are down to two now. There are few places to hold clinicals because of the...

If that were me I would be at least looking for another job. Life is too short to spend it around ignorant people :)

Being a nurse will be much different than a CNA, but you still get to deal with cranky patients. It sounds like you just need more experience! Once you start getting the hang of things everything...

I will not send hate mail or make a voodoo doll :), but I would like to point out that your BSN providing information on BSN nurses being better seems a little bit suspect. Maybe the research is...

To get into nursing school you have to pass an entrance exam of some kind, which will involve math. Also, you need to get to be comfortable with basic math because you will need it for dosage...

Believe it or not, LOTS of people fail out of nursing school. You can either pick a different career, or continue on with nursing! Once you're all done you won't even have to tell anyone that you...

Our RN program is much fewer class hours, but more clinicals, where the LPN program was a TON of class hours, and clinicals only once a week. I wouldn't say that the LPN program is easier, it's...

Why should I care that YOU have to pay more for your insurance? As long as there is no incentive for me to get insurance, why should I? Why bother paying 100$ or more a month if I know that when I do...

Why get health insurance when you can get treated in the ER for free?

Thanks for the replies, everyone! It sounds like most people don't have much trouble finding jobs as a new LPN. It seems like the new RNs have it worse off then we do.

Thanks for the tip!

Just wondering how frustrated I should be at this point? Is it normal to not get any bite at all after one or two months?

I didn't "want" to deal with body fluids when I became a CNA, but I just didn't think about it and did it. If you aren't at a point in your life where you feel like you can handle dealing with things...

There's going to be a "law" about this? I don't even know why the government would want to make a law about that. Very funny, though! :)

A good stethoscope makes all the difference. The one I had for cna training was terrible, but the one I got for nursing school is great and I can hear everything no problem!

I never had to perform any skills or answer any knowledge based questions. As far as a CNA goes, the interviewer (who has always been the manager/supervisor of the unit for me) wants to know what...